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The Dolls’ Festival is a Special Day to Celebrate Girls

The Hinamatsuri Festival and courtly doll displays

Diane Neill Tincher
Japonica Publication
2 min readFeb 28, 2022

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Empress Hina doll, face partially covered by a folding fan she is holding.
Empress doll. (Pixabay. No attribution required.)

Hinamatsuri, or the Dolls’ Festival, held on March 3, is a Japanese day of celebration for girls in which elaborate sets of courtly dolls are displayed in all homes with daughters and in various public places.

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Diane Neill Tincher
Japonica Publication

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